Former Police Officer Revealed as Serial Attacker of Women Across More Than a Decade
Investigation Uncovers Pattern of Violence by PC Alan Greer
Ninoda.com – A police constable who ended his own life this past May has been identified as a persistent sexual offender whose crimes spanned over fourteen years. According to BBC revelations, PC Alan Greer committed multiple rape attacks and attempted murders against women during his career.
The first known victim was assaulted in her Glasgow residence in 2012. She had contacted authorities to report being a crime victim when Greer, one of the responding officers, returned hours later and raped her. Her report late last year initiated what is now considered one of Police Scotland’s most significant anti-corruption investigations.
“This officer has clearly abused his power and has revisited someone that he’s encountered in the course of his duties,” said Assistant Chief Constable Lynn Ratcliff, who serves as gold commander for the investigation.
“But this victim was brave enough to come and speak to us, and that really was the trigger point for us starting our investigation. That’s allowed us to proactively identify eight further victims.”
Expanding Scope of the Inquiry
Investigators have now identified eight additional victims beyond the initial case. Five of these women were sex workers who were attacked while Greer was off duty. Evidence suggests he utilized hundreds of prostitutes throughout his entire police career, and authorities anticipate discovering even more victims.
ACC Ratcliff described the findings as “truly shocking.” A source familiar with the investigation told the BBC that the situation resembles what they call “Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment.” Couzens, a Metropolitan Police officer, received a life sentence five years ago for raping and murdering Sarah Everard in London.
Greer’s Background and Career Path
Born in Australia in 1978, Greer relocated to Britain at age six. He entered Strathclyde Police in 2009, before that force merged with Police Scotland in 2013. His career appeared unblemished for seventeen years.
Initially serving as a uniformed response officer in Glasgow, Greer transitioned around 2016 to officer safety training in Coatbridge. In this role, he taught probationary officers and provided refresher training for more experienced personnel. At the time of his death in May at age forty-seven, he was survived by his wife and child.
How Detectives Connected the Dots
Towards the end of last year, a woman in her late thirties entered a Glasgow police station to report a past incident. She explained that in 2012, uniformed officers had visited her home regarding a disturbance. After taking her statement and departing, one officer returned alone a few hours later, forced her into a sexual act, and raped her.
Following her report, the woman temporarily withdrew from the investigation. The case was transferred to the anti-corruption unit, which obtained her statement by April. Investigators traced her 2012 call and identified the attending officers.
Crucial evidence emerged when detectives discovered that in the weeks following the 2012 assault, one of those officers repeatedly accessed the woman’s crime file on the police computer system—sometimes while on annual leave. These keystrokes, showing searches with no legitimate police purpose, ultimately pointed to PC Alan Greer.
A critical incident was declared, and anti-corruption detectives began focusing on Greer. They obtained his mobile phone number, which had not been previously recorded on his personnel file—only his home number existed. When this mobile number was entered into police intelligence databases, it revealed a single piece of information from 2018 connected to a Glasgow sex worker. The intelligence indicated that the phone’s owner was a violent customer, though there was no indication the number belonged to a police officer at that time.
